The Mammals of IsraelSusan Menache Although Israel is a small country, it possesses a unique diversity of nearly one hundred species of mammals unlike anywhere else in the world. This is the first comprehensive book to describe and illustrate in color all the species and races of mammals of Israel and will be helpful in their identification. The Mammals of Israel includes their habits, habitat, distribution and taxonomic remarks on the status of certain species and races. A resume' of the zoogeography of Israel introduces the reader to the mammals that inhabited the region in prehistoric times. It is hoped that in view of the danger to the survival of wild animals, this book will increase awareness of the wonderful wildlife heritage of Israel, enhance the appreciation and study of mammals, and help protect the mammals of the country for future generations. |
Contents
Color Plates and Black and White Figures | 6 |
Foreword | 13 |
Identification | 21 |
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Apodemus Arabia Arava Valley Asia Minor Bat Plate blackish brown burrows caves coastal plain color Common Crocidura darker Dead Sea Description distinct distinguished Distribution Dorcas Gazelle ears Egypt Eilat Europe feet Field Mouse forearm gazella Genus Gerbillus gestation period Golan Heights gray Habitat Habits Hare Harrison Head and body Hebrew Hedgehog hibernates hind foot Horseshoe Bat Huleh Valley Hyaena ibex inhabits interfemoral membrane Iran Iraq Israel Jackal Jaculus Jird Jordan Judean hills juvenile Khaffash Arabic Lebanon legs litter male mammals Matsui Hebrew Meriones Mount Carmel Mount Hermon mountains muzzle Myotis Negev Desert nocturnal North Africa northern nose-leaf pale paler Pipistrelle Pipistrellus Red Fox Rhinolophus Rock Hyrax rodents rufous sand Sand Rat Serotine Bat short Sinai Desert southern species stripe subspecies syriacus Syrian tail Taxonomic Remarks toes tragus tristrami underparts are white Upper Galilee Vole Vulpes wadis White-toothed Shrew whitish widespread wingspread